Energy Returned over Energy Invested: This is a brief reply to the composer of the unfortunate title to which I do not subscribe.

Sunday, December 6, 2020

This is a brief reply to the composer of the unfortunate title to which I do not subscribe.

Re: Wind & Solar Are Wrong Path Pt. 2

by TomWayburn » Mon 07 Dec 2020, 02:05:34

Assuming purveyors of wind and solar do accurate eMergy accounting in their respective sectors, I would like to compare these eMergy balances with the petroleum balance for the State of California. Perhaps renewable energy is subsidized by fossil fuels as I suspect ERoEI-star (ERoEI*) accounting might reveal. However, someday we shall have true renewable energy. That day has not yet come, I believe.

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The trouble with blogs is that the chronological order of the writing may not be the best order for reading. That is especially true in the case of this blog which is not intended for continuing daily posts. For some unexplained reason, the nearly random order in which the subject is covered bothers me a great deal more than the undeniable fact that almost no one reads any of it. After all, the popularity is inversely proportional to the importance. The following is a suggestion for the order in which the posts might be read most profitably: